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27 February 2009 – Phoenix Medical Supplies, a UK distributor of pharmaceutical products and services to community pharmacists, dispensing doctors and hospital pharmacies, is paying tribute to COA Solutions’ human resource (HR) and payroll system (www.coasolutions.com) for helping the company to move from a combined payroll to a monthly payroll. The benefits realised from this project include 33,600 less payslips produced and postage costs reduced from £61,000 to £28,000.
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Posted February 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
The results of a search to find 2009’s best customer focused companies have been announced. The ‘Customer Kings’ competition, in its inaugural year, recognises an elite few that go above and beyond traditional measures to ensure customer satisfaction, particularly acknowledging innovation and the creative use of technology.
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Posted February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
Accent Group, winner of a Housing Corporation Gold Award last year, recently implemented Select HR Web Edition as part of their strategic HR plans for the future.
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Posted February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
London, 24 February 2009: ADP, the leading supplier of human resources (HR) and payroll services has extended ADP Streamline, its offering designed for small and medium-sized multinationals, to twelve more countries. ADP will now offer a single-source solution for payroll and personnel administration over 45 countries, the only provider to offer such a service.
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Posted February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
(London, 24th February 2009) Leading reward provider, Thomsons Online Benefits, has once again reinforced its dominance in the market by winning “Best Use of Technology by a Corporate Adviser” at the prestigious Corporate Adviser Awards 2009.
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Posted February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
The saga of the opt-out from the 48-hour average working week continues with the publication by the European Commission of its view of the amendments to the Working Time Directive passed by the European Parliament in December. Despite a willingness to compromise on a number of issues, the Commission is still resolved to reject any move to abolish the opt-out, despite the Parliament’s obstinate commitment to phasing it out. This story could go on for years yet.
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Posted February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Alistair Darling will make his Budget statement to the House of Commons on 22 April 2009.
Further information:
Budget 2009
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Posted February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
New Double Taxation Agreements and Tax Information Exchange Agreements with the Isle of Man, the Netherlands and France have been approved by Parliament and the Statutory Instruments were made on 11 February 2009. They will enter into force when the respective countries complete their legislative procedures and will take effect for income tax purposes from the start of the next following tax year in each country.
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Posted February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
On 16 December 2008, the European Parliament voted in favour of amendments to the European Working Time Directive that would, among other changes, phase out the opt-out from the average 48-hour working week. By so doing, the Parliament rejected the common position that had earlier been agreed by the EU Council of Ministers.
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Posted February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
On 10 February, the Labour Court gave notice that it had made Orders abolishing the Hairdressing Joint Labour Committee and the Hairdressing (Cork County Borough) Joint Labour Committee. In their place, a further Order has been made establishing a single Joint Labour Committee in relation to certain workers employed in the Hairdressing Sector and their employers.
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Posted February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
